Millard County Chronicle | 1944-01-13 | Page 3 | States Change Methods of Capital Punishment |

Type	issue
Date	1944-01-13
Paper	Millard County Chronicle
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title	States Change Methods of Capital Punishment
Type	article
Date	1944-01-13
Paper	Millard County Chronicle
Page	3
OCR Text	Show States Change Methods Of Capital Punishment Since 1923, the states that impose im-pose a life sentence for murder have decreased from 8 to 6, while those that execute by hanging have decreased from 19 to 10, saj'S Collier's. Those inflicting the penalty by electrocution have increased in-creased from 20 to 24, while those using hydrocyanic gas have increased in-creased from 1 to 8. Incidentally, Utah still gives the condemned man a choice of being hanged or shot.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d9twh/5073535